This organization was founded in 2007 with the goal of connecting a network of healthcare providers willing to meet annually to discuss and advance trans health issues and research. CPATH is therefore interested in people who self-identify as trans, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, in transition, non-binary, queer, and men and women with transitional medical histories. For the remainder of this text, we will use the term trans to encompass the entire spectrum outlined above.

Trans people are increasingly visible in society. They represent between 0.5% and 1% of the Canadian population . Also, the number of people requiring transition-related care doubles every five or six years. Although great progress has been made over the years, access to satisfactory healthcare for trans people remains a challenge. Not all healthcare professionals are personally or professionally aware of the issues faced by trans people or the complexities of care.

An american study found that 19% of trans people have experienced a denial of care, 28% have experienced harassment in a medical setting, and 50% report that they have had to educate their doctors about trans care. CPATH works mainly to improve access to health services in a positive way, end stigma, contribute to the development of skills for professionals working with trans people, and generally disseminate information to broaden the inclusion of trans people.

In a two-year process, CPATH also worked towards generating ethical guidelines for research involving trans people and communities. These ethical guidelines list six overarching principles for trans research:

• Attentiveness to Issues of Legitimacy and Impact on Communities;
• Engagement with Communities;
• Consent and Confidentiality;
• Consideration of Diversity, Power, Marginalization and Representation;
• Accountability to Participants and Trans Communities;
• Reflexivity on the Part of Researchers and Research Teams.

These Ethical guidelines were developed by a team of trans people and professionals and are the result of workshops and consultations held at the CPATH conference in Halifax in 2015, at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) conference in Amsterdam in 2016, and at the Two Spirit and Queer People of Colour Call to Conversation with LGBT & Allies conference in Winnipeg in 2017.

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The Monarch platform is the result of more than three years of work and investment. In addition, thanks to this new and innovative tool, the clients of the Complexe chirurgical CMC will be able to follow the online evolution of their file, submit the required documents for the surgeries, communicate with CMC health professionals, learn about the offered surgeries, and much more.

People have a lot of questions regarding gender affirmation surgeries and Monarch will answer them without phone calls or emails.

Patients coming from outside the country will also be pleased to discover the simple and efficient functioning of this platform.

CPATH conference: The importance of sharing knowledge

In the medical field, knowledge sharing is very beneficial and, therefore, of great importance.

For this reason, the healthcare professionals of the Complexe chirurgical CMC and GrS Montreal make a point in passing on their knowledge. Their participation in the CPATH conference this weekend is part of this mission.

Dr. Maud Bélanger will be on site for two 15-minute presentations on two specific topics, “Improving the donor site of the radial forearm flap in one step: the use of acellular dermal matrix and skin grafting” and “The creation of neo-urethra in radial flap phalloplasty of the forearm: our experience and outcomes”.

Sharing knowledge and informing one’s counterparts in other institutions, other cities, or even other countries allows for reciprocal learning. Nowadays, co-development is more relevant than ever and it is essential at conferences such as this one presented by the CPATH.

With this in mind, the medical staff of Complexe chirurgical CMC always seizes the opportunity to take an active part in such events.

Therefore, both Daphney Prophète, nurse and clinical counselor, and Henri Labelle, social worker and psychotherapist at GrS Montreal, will offer three presentations.

The first presentation, entitled “Gender Affirming Surgeries: Exploring Options and Post-op Care” and lasting 210 minutes, will be bringing new insights into these surgeries and everything related to them.

The second, called “The Gender Affirming Surgeries”, is a shorter version (90 minutes) of the first presentation, but will be presented in French.

Finally, a third presentation will serve to demonstrate the many benefits of the Monarch platform.

Also, Dr. Maud Bélanger and Dr. Pierre Brassard, world-renowned references in the field of trans surgeries, will be taking part in a plenary this Sunday, in collaboration with surgeons from British Columbia and Ontario, on the theme of accessibility of trans surgical care in Canada.

This just further proves that learning never stops, especially in the medical field.

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